Professional Staff:
Our professional staff is dedicated to provide state of the art services tailored to meet all your rehabilitation needs. We provide personalized care and see only one patient every 45 minutes. This approach is much more cost effective requiring fewer visits overall thus saving health care dollars. We are committed to maintaining and updating our education by attending continuing education conferences and course work so that we can provide the most recent treatment techniques in the rehabilitation field. We take a team approach working closely with our patients’ Physicians to design a comprehensive rehabilitation program that fits the needs and lifestyle of each individual patient.

Amelia J. Knarr P.T.
Amelia graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s College in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. She developed an expertise in Orthopedic and Manual Therapy under the tutelage of clinical specialists skilled in the Maitland and Norwegian approaches to treatment. Amelia has years of experience treating Athletes, from Professional (including the Oakland Raiders, Professional Volleyball, PGA pro baseball, Tri-athletes cyclists, and dancers) to Collegiate and Recreational athletes with a passion to achieve their personal best. Amelia studied classical ballet for ten years as well as competed in Bi-athlons. Her strengths include acute sports injuries, chronic spinal pathologies, and patient education to promote self-management of existing pathologies and prevent further injury. Amelia founded Elite PT in 1993 in Newport Beach, California that grew into 4 additional clinics in the Los Angeles area including the prestigious Los Angeles Athletic Club. Amelia has been both an academic and clinical faculty for a variety of Physical Therapy programs, including USC, Mt. St. Mary’a College and University of Delaware.

John F. Knarr, M.S., P.T., A.T.C.
John, a Native Delawarean, received his Physical Therapy and Athletic Training degrees from the University of Delaware. Previously, John was the Head Athletic Trainer and Strength Coach at Delaware Valley College, Susquehanna University and Delaware State University prior to achieving his PT credentials. John served as a member of numerous United States Olympic Sports Medicine staffs including the 1987 Pan American Games, 1996 Paralympics Games in Atlanta and the Medical Staff of the United States Soccer Federation as a Physical Therapist, Athletic Trainer and consultant to both our Men’s and Women’s National teams. John has treated many Professional Athletes of the MLB, NFL, PGA and MLS as well he has treated numerous celebrities, foreign dignitaries and a former President of the United States. He has traveled the world with numerous sports teams and has a Wealth of International Sports Medicine experience. A former manager for Pat Croce’s “Sports Physical Therapists” in Wilmington, John also served as the founding Clinical Director at the University of Delaware’s Physical Therapy Clinic and a member of the Department of Physical Therapy prior to joining the Elite PT staff. Over the past Seventeen years he has had the opportunity to participate and publish research in refereed journals and Physical Therapy texts as well as teach side by side with some of the most respected Physicians, Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers and Faculty in the Medical profession. John continues to teach aspiring Physical Therapy students from around the world via clinical affiliations/internships.

Jessica L. Sander, DPT.
Jessica has aspired to become a physical therapist ever since assuming the role of a patient at the age of fifteen. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, she received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware in 2005. Jessica has practiced in a range of clinical settings including in-patient acute care and out-patient orthopedics. Jessica has helped to serve the local cancer community by obtaining specialty training in the management of breast cancer related upper extremity lymphedema. She is dedicated to her patients and strives to achieve optimal clinical outcomes. She continues to strive for clinical excellence by working and mentoring with clinicians that have an expertise in manual and orthopedic therapy.